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The White House
July 11, 2009
Remarks By the President at Maternal Health Event in Accra
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release July 11, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT MATERNAL HEALTH EVENT
La General Hospital
Accra, Ghana
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release July 11, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT MATERNAL HEALTH EVENT
La General Hospital
Accra, Ghana
11:17 A.M. GMT
THE PRESIDENT: Part of the reason this is so important is throughout Africa the rates of both infant mortality but also maternal mortality is still far too high -- I mean, by a factor of -- a multiple of tens compared to many other parts of the world. And so these kinds of programs that provide sound prenatal care and maternal care are extraordinarily important, and this is a model of the kind of clinics where people are able to get these important services.
END 11:18 A.M. GMT